Faculty and Staff
José Cárdenas Bunsen
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Ph.D. Yale University
Teaches Spanish American Literature with special emphasis on the Colonial period. His research focuses on the legal thinking of Bartolomé de las Casas in relation to the historical and ethnographic writings of Indian and mestizo authors.
(570) 577-2376
jacb001@bucknell.edu
Isabel Cuñado
Associate Professor of Spanish
Ph.D. Cornell University
Isabel Cuñado specializes in the literature, culture and intellectual history of 20th and 21st century Spain. Professor Cuñado teaches courses on the history of Spanish literature, representations of the Spanish Civil War and contemporary women writers. She has published articles on different aspects of the fantastic, memory studies and ethics in contemporary Spanish narrative. She is the author of the book El espectro de la herencia: la narrativa de Javier Marías (Rodopi 2004).
(570) 577-3976
icunado@bucknell.edu
Manuel Delgado
Professor of Spanish
Program Director, Bucknell en España
Ph.D. Texas at Austin
Focuses on the drama and prose of the Golden Age and of the 20th century in Spain. He teaches courses dealing with Spanish civilization, Cervantes, and a course on the three contemporaries, Lorca, Dalí, and Buñuel. His Spanish drama workshop is designed to enhance students' oral proficiency in the language.
(570) 577-1510
delgado@bucknell.edu
Elisabeth Guerrero
Associate Professor of Spanish
Ph.D. Texas at Austin
Her research and teaching focus on nineteenth and twentieth century Spanish-American narrative and cultural studies, with a particular emphasis on Mexican literature and culture. She teaches Spanish language at all levels as well as course on U.S. Latino/Latina literature. She has a strong interest in intellectual history and literary theory.
(570) 577-1745
eguerrer@bucknell.edu
Jason McCloskey
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Ph.D. Indiana University
Jason teaches courses on language, literature and culture. His research examines poetry of the 16th- and 17th-century Spanish Empire from a transatlantic perspective. He is especially interested in epic poetry and its relations to historiography, classical mythology, and Renaissance artwork.
(570) 577-2079
jam080@bucknell.edu
Collin McKinney
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Ph.D. University of Cambridge
Teaches courses in Spanish literature and culture, with special emphasis on the nineteenth century. Course topics include Spanish realism, science and literature, and gender. His research interests include the novels of Benito Pérez Galdós, masculinity studies, and cultural studies.
(570) 577-1675
cm038@bucknell.edu
Ana Mercedes Patiño
Associate Professor of Spanish
Ph.D. University of California at Riverside
Specializes in 20th century Latin American narrative, and teaches a course on Spanish-American civilization, as well as an advanced course in the short story. Her research interests include the Latin American avant-garde, recent Andean narrative and relations among Latin America, Europe and the United States.
(570) 577-1749
apatino@bucknell.edu
Alice J. Poust
Department Chair, Associate Professor of Spanish
Ph.D. Texas at Austin
Teaches courses in Spanish-American literature as well as topics relating to both Spain and Spanish-America. Her teaching interests include Spanish-American women writers, the works of Hispanic Nobel laureates viewed from interdisciplinary perspectives, magical realism and fantastic literature. Her scholarly work deals primarily with 20th-century poetry in Spain and Spanish America.
(570) 577-1456
poust@bucknell.edu
Melvin González-Rivera
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Ph.D. Ohio State University
Specializes in Hispanic linguistics. More information to follow.
Pamela Glass
Academic Assistant
(570) 577-1353
pglass@bucknell.edu
